1. He had planed to be a doctor
- Like many other college studnets, Achebe did not like the major he was studying and realized lterature was his true calling. Achebe earned a scholarship to study medicicein at the university college in Ibandan, but one year intro the program he realized that he was not meant for the program.
2. Achebe felt that he did not learn much about writting in college
- After asked in an interview, he claimed that he did not learn much of the art in college. Later in the interviw he said "we may not be able to teach you what you need or what you want. we can only teach you what we know."
3. Achebe only worte in pen
- He felt that using a type writer was unnatural beacuse he didn not ike having "a machine wirte his words." Achebe opted for the old-fashined way because it was more intimate than using machines.
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This is so interesting! Sometimes I feel as though computers, laptops and phones, that kind of thing is unnatural because if I'm typing for a while and I stare too long at the screen, my eyes will start to water and I mean, why use technology when you can just write with a pencil or pen on a piece of paper? Well, it's more convenient to use our electronics nowadays, so that's why. But still.
It's also comforting to know that a great writer such as Achebe himself was a bit discombobulated during his time at school and I think it was brave of him to choose literature over medicine as the latter tends to be a more profitable vocation. Plus we would've missed out on Things Fall Apart had he not chose to be a writer!
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